Opinion

A few days ago, I picked up a special edition of Time magazine, which features their choice of the 100 most influential photographs of all time and tells stories behind those images.

For the most part, elected officials do a good job, but sometimes you have to wonder what they are thinking. They have a tough job. They have to make some incredibly difficult decisions.

I still remember the thrill I felt when our children and then our grandchildren proudly spouted: “One, two, three…seven, eight, nine, 10.” Since we are officially bilingual in Canada, all three of them also touted “Un, deux, trois….

It all began in the early 1960s when Delores Cutler asked me what I thought about trying to organize a girls youth program in rural Moose Creek area.

Cheers: Cheers to the person who rounded up the blue bin for 303 Third Avenue East in Lampman after the windstorm. Cheers to SaskPower crews. Late night calls in 100 kilometre per hour winds make these guys heroes.

I hope I don’t come across as bragging, but I dodged a bullet with last week’s storm. I have a third-floor condo with an east-facing patio, so I wasn’t as concerned about storm damage as most.

My Nikkel's Worth column

Weyburn Review editorial

I stepped into a big corral and stumbled upon 200 pairs of eyes, staring at me almost without blinking. Vigilance, curiosity, a pinch of fear and a notch of something warm and friendly were mixed in those looks. I just stood still.

Last week’s announcement by the provincial government that it was stepping forward with $4 million in support for the province’s major junior and junior A hockey teams was a step in the right direction, but in the case of the Saskatchewan Junior Hock